Museum
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World
Crisis-Hit British Museum Names Interim Director
Mark Jones, a former leader of the Victoria and Albert Museum, is set to take over with a remit to restore confidence after a theft scandal.
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Arts
For Some Culture Executives, a Housing Perk Is Rolled Back
For years the Metropolitan Museum of Art housed its directors in a $5 million apartment on Fifth Avenue, where they lived for free and paid no taxes on that benefit. The American Museum of Natural History’s president also lived for decades in a rent ...
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Magazine
The Met Keeps Releasing Clothing With Pacsun. Why?
The unlikely coupling of art museum and mall brand has yielded three apparel collections, with a fourth releasing this month.
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Politics
A Museum of ‘Electrifying Frankness’ Weighs Dialing It Down
The Mütter Museum, a beloved 19th-century collection of medical curiosities and human remains in Philadelphia, wants to adopt a more “respectful” approach. Some fans won’t have it.
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Arts
Discovering the Secrets of the Gilder Center
A sculpture that could be Banksy’s, an astonishing vein of rock crystal, and Nabokov’s butterfly specimens — they are all found here.
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Arts
Blaise Cendrars at the Morgan: A Modern Match of Poetry and Painting
A travelogue in verse, rich with Sonia Delaunay’s art pyrotechnics, is the centerpiece of one of the most eye-opening shows of the summer.
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Arts
The Price of Admission to America’s Museums Keeps Rising
Their buildings have expanded and expenses have surged, even as attendance slowed. Art lovers will bear the cost: The Guggenheim is the latest to increase its entry fee to $30 — the new normal.
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Arts
Persuasion, Patience and Many Permits Brought Buddhist Relics to the Met
How the museum and Indian institutions overcame eight years of physical and diplomatic challenges to bring 125 rare Buddhist art works to New York.
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World
Roald Dahl Museum Calls Author’s Racism ‘Undeniable and Indelible’
A museum in England devoted to the best-selling children’s author, who died in 1990, condemned his antisemitic views.
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World
Paris Is Packed in the Summer. Here Are Six Ways to Dodge the Droves.
European hot spots are buckling with record numbers of travelers this season. But even in a global travel darling like the French capital, strategies exist to enjoy the sights without the crowds.
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